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Most willing to accept disaster debris via The Japan Times

A majority of Japanese are receptive to their municipalities accepting disaster debris for incineration, while 70 percent oppose hiking power rates to cover utilities’ higher thermal power fuel costs, a survey has found. Jiji Press polled 4,000 adults nationwide between … Continue reading

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Tepco price hikes anger businesses via The Japan Times Online

Tokyo Electric Power Co. began charging some of its corporate customers higher electricity rates Sunday as the cost of fueling thermal power plants soars amid the fallout from its nuclear disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 complex. However, only 11,000 … Continue reading

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